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| RSF calls for release of Al-Jazeera cameraman from GTMO - for Ramadan | ||
| 2007-09-15 | ||
| PARIS -- A press freedom organization called here Friday on the US to free Al-Jazeera cameraman who has been held at the US military base in Guantanamo since 2002. Reporters Without Borders said in a statement that with the advent of the holy month of Ramadan, it is reiterating its appeal to the US authorities to free Al-Jazeera cameraman Sami Al-Haj. It added that "Ramadan is traditionally the month of self-denial and forgiveness and for the individual to confront his own humanity." "Together with the International Committee for the Release of Sami Al-Haj, we call on the United States to free him immediately. We also urge the US congress to press for his release," the organization stressed.
Reporters Without Borders established a system of sponsorship 16 years ago in which international media are encouraged to adopt imprisoned journalists. More than 200 news organizations, journalists' associations, press clubs and other entities throughout the world are currently supporting journalists by regularly calling on the authorities to release them and by publicizing their cases. | ||
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #10 The massive outpouring of sympathy in this thread is truly inspirational. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-09-15 20:19 |
| #9 Don't we have the coordinates of " Reporters Without Borders" in Paris? Why don't we send them a Ramadamadingdong care package, via Tomahawk missile... When someone uses their position or employment as a ruse while supporting one side against another, they are known as SPIES, and usually shot. As for this moron "going" insane, he's a muslim after all - they're insane by the time they hit 12. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-09-15 18:35 |
| #8 Deth to Yancieees! |
| Posted by: Thomas Woof 2007-09-15 16:06 |
| #7 Ramadan is traditionally the month of self-denial and forgiveness and for the individual to confront his own humanity OK...if that's true, tell you what, Muzzies. Start denying yourselves. Start 'forgiving'. And while you're at it, confront your own humanity. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2007-09-15 11:57 |
| #6 “major depression with psychotic features” And this is abnormal, How? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-09-15 11:55 |
| #5 What we need now is a press release from "Psychiatrists without Borders." |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2007-09-15 10:54 |
| #4 (I-Newswire) - Calls are spreading for the release of Sami Al-Haj, a cameraman for Al Jazeera who has been held at Guantanamo Bay for more than five years. Al-Haj has been on a hunger strike for 250 days and is being force-fed. He is currently reported to be in critical condition, both physically and mentally. According to a September 10 statement by his lawyer Clive Stafford Smith, Al-Haj is losing his memory and his grip on reality, has intestinal disorders and is in immediate need of external medical intervention. On September 11, a medical report written by American and British psychiatrists warned that recent statements by Al-Haj indicate a mental state of “major depression with psychotic features” and are consistent with sufferers of trauma seeking “passive suicide.” The reports suggest that Al-Haj may soon become the fifth detainee at Guantanamo to take his own life. I find that to be an acceptable compromise solution... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-09-15 10:18 |
| #3 Reporters without Borders. Is that like: Journalists for Jazeeera?? Scribes without Scruples? Reporters with Marching Orders? Pimps for Enemy Progaganda? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-09-15 09:56 |
| #2 Ramadan is traditionally the month of self-denial and forgiveness and for the individual to confront his own humanity. Tell me about it. I'm a Yankees fan ..... |
| Posted by: lotp 2007-09-15 08:27 |
| #1 No. We're Americanos, we don't celebrate Ramadan |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-09-15 07:24 |